EMT Exam Questions & Answers

EMT Exam Questions & Answers
What is the rate of CPR in breaths and compressions:
- 6 breaths and 110 compressions in a minute
What is considered tachycardic for an adult?
- heart rate more than 100
What is considered bradycardic for an adult?
- Heart rate less than 60
When is nitroglycerin not advised to be administered?
- if the systolic blood pressure is less than 100
Where does blood flow after it leaves the left ventricle?
- it flows to the aortic arch
What medication is Erectile Dysfunction medications a contraindication?
- nitroglycerin
What is the parasympathetic system responsible for?
- slowing the heart rate and intestinal activity
What is the function of the carotid artery?
- it carries blood from the heart to the head
Are open ended or close ended questions better to ask?
- open ended questions; it avoids the yes/no answer
what delivers blood to the right atrium?
- the superior and inferior vena cava
What does diastolic blood pressure refer to?
- it refers to the pressure of the vessels during the relaxation phase; bottom of the
blood pressure
What is TIA
- transient ischemic attack; this is where vessels in the brain are blocked for a few
minutes
When do you change roles during CPR?
- every two minutes